Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-20

md most complete edifjce of the kind IN
he world. A pleasing effect IN the
'ac yde is achieved by alternating Folsom
md Rocklin granite. Its neign'
b,r. equally attractive OF ITS
kind is of iron, and was buiis ny
Ros enstock. Great Improvements have
been made, and are being made, on Mar
lIet street. Recent ms are tue
Odd Fellows, Murphy, and Phelan build
ings-all mammoth in size and unique
in design. Mr.. e. j. Baldwin is pre-
pairing to build on great scale or BIS
Market street property. Bancroft mas
about finished the successor to his o!d
store and printing house, and it vies with
the Crocker building in extent and ele'
eance, and, may add, in novelty OF de-
sign. The Union Foundry Block, corner
OF First and Mission streets, and belong
ing to the estate of Peter Donahue, IS
lust about approaching completion. 1t
is the largest business block ON the Pa
cific Coast, being 275xi374 feet. II is a
model of its kind
have not started out to give mere
inventory of expensive buildings, or
could increase the list very greatly. My
design is simply to point out the TACT
that San Francisco is advancing very
RAPIDLY, and that her own people have
every conf ence IN her future. Outside
of business blocks, large amounts ct
money are being invested in private edi.
fees, many of them of great spiendor.
The most notable instance OF the kiui is
the house lately erected by Mr.. } {.
Flood, on Mob Hill. 1t is of chaste
. nd elegant design, and is built OF brown
stone, which gives it great advantage
over the handsome, but meretrielous
houses of the railway magnatfs, winch
adioin it. Ruskin, the HERALD's read
ers will remember, admits OF no archi-
tectural dignity that is not consecrated d
bv marble or some other stone. How
ever, his rigid canons are nowhere ad'
hered to on tine Pacific Coast. Flood,
in addition TO having already erected
palace on Mob Hill, has brought almost
to the point of completion mammoth
warehouse on Market street, six stories
III height, built of brick and iron, which
is 1861 55 feet. l may remark, in pass.
ing, that this street now affords one OF
the most imposing perspectives | can re-
call of any American city, the tall tow :
ers of the Murphy, Baldwin, Phelnn
and other buildings looming up in very
effective style,
Not only are the building interests OF
San Francisco in a vigorous conditio q
but her ship yards are once again res.
ponsive to the progress which is chron-
icle from every quarter OF the State.
At the North Beach the merry ring OF
the hammer OF the stalwart mechanic
is daily heard, frcm "early morn to
dewy eve." Three large vessels are be-
ing buit there. At South San Francis
co there is great activity, owing to the
building of the cruiser charleston,
which will give employment to large
bodies Of skilled mechanics for long
time to come. In fact, l cannot call &c
mind single interest which enters into
the wellbeipg of the city, that is not
more vigorous aud promising than 1t was
a year--nay, six months ago. The
Golden Gate is now clearly the benefici
ary of the old adage, that it is a "lonG
lane that knows no turning" She has
passed her dark hour and the dawn is
at hand.
FATUoUS POLICY.
1t was at such time that the news
papers of this city and the State Boaro
of Health, which body is largely con
trolled by the jealousy of Les Angeles
that pervades the northern and centra
counties, and the city and county o.
San Francisco amongst them, sought tc
elevate into the malign dignity of al
epidemic the trifiing smallpox visitation
which for few weeks annoyed the peo
pie of the Angelic City. Surely there
never was more short-sighted policy
than this. Its only effect, if it had any,
was to check the tide of immigration to
California, and, consequently to injure
the Northern and Central counties and
the city as well. Los Angeles and
other Southern points have been the
means Of attracting to this Coast large
numbers of people, who formerly went
to Florida, for whom orange and lemon
groves have a fascination. These per.
sons naturally came by the Southern
and returned by the Northern routes,
and San Francisco hotel keepers and
business men were benefited in their
transit. As 10 that portion cf them who
came to this state with the intention of
settling, San Francisco and the Central
and Northern counties got the overh NV
from the Southern counties. To attempt
to stop the immigration which
naturally comes by the southern routes
was really to kill the goose that laid the
golden egg. l am convinced that the
more intelligent business men of this
city and section at last see how fatuou
such a policy is, and that the newspa.
pers have also seen the error of their
ways. The principal effect of this I'M
fraternal feeling has been to create a
very lively demand for State of South
California in the southern counties, aud
the echo of this demand reverberates
here very loudly.
NOTES.
met Mr.. j. de Bsrth Shorb here to.
day. and he speaks in glowing terms OF
his impressions Of Phenix and of the Salt
River valley. in Arizona. He has in
vested SOS. 900 there ami regards its pos
sibilities as immense.
Our townsman. Judge Rose, who has
been filling Judge Sawyer's place on the
United States bench here, Is confirming
as Federal Judge the golden opinions
he won as one of the Judges of the Su-
preme Court of California. The bar,
the bench, the clubs and the newspapers,
all ring with his praises. 1t requires no
very violent stretch of the Imagination
to see our distinguished fellow. citizen,
at no distant day, gracing the Supreme
bench of the United States.
One OF the prominent figures on the
streets during the past week was Cover.
nor Bartlett. Official station evidently
agrees with him, as he looks the picture
OF health, and positively younger by
odds than when he was elected last fall
His popularity promises to be OF a sterl-
ing and enduring character.
j. d. l.
Sa, F. ancisco, March Is, 1887.
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